Look, anyone can get excited for Opening Day and the first full weekend of baseball season. It’s a fun time, the unofficial start of summer full of pageantry and renewed hope. Who doesn’t love it? That’s easy.
But tuning in tonight takes a little more. Maybe you worked a full day or had to get up early for class. That alone can be draining. Add in some combination of a commute, cooking dinner, getting the kids settled down, perhaps even a chore or two around the house. And now you want me to watch nine innings of a team that couldn’t pitch its way out of a paper bag these last couple days?